market price

noun

: a price actually given in current market dealings

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Customers also don’t need to deal with the pesky task of refilling the tank or prepaying for gas as Avis just charges the market price for whatever was used. Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2025 The current program authorizes open market share repurchases of more than 20% of the float at current market prices. Michael Khouw, CNBC, 21 July 2025 The past several years have been volatile for the coffee industry, contributing to a major increase in market prices for coffee even in the last year, Barr says. Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 21 July 2025 After all, Canadian investors bought more Treasuries in April, even as the total value of their holdings declined after revaluing the bonds at current market prices. Greg McKenna, Fortune, 21 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for market price

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of market price was in the 15th century

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“Market price.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20price. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

Legal Definition

market price

noun
1
: the price at which a security is currently selling on the market
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